A collection of 11 boxes of programmes from France, from 1844 onwards. The collection contains programmes from Paris (8 boxes), Aix-en-Provenace and Prades (1 box) and other locations in France (2 boxes)

Paris (1844-)

The collection is divided between theatres and other types of venues.

L'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera) (1907-)
The collection contains three boxes of programmes from the L'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera), including programmes from the combined Paris Opera and Opera Comique companies
"Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux". The collection programmes from the 1900s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The company performed in a number of venues in Paris. The collection includes a significant amount of programmes from the
Théatre National de l'Opéra.

Opéra Comique (1908)
One box of programmes from the l'Opéra Comique, from 1908 onwards. Venues represented by the collection include the Théatre National de l'Opéra Comique and the Salle Favart.

Théatre des Champs-élysées (1923)
One box of programmes from the Théatre des Champs-élysées, from 1923 onwards.

Theatres A-Z (1923)
One box of programmes from other theatres in Paris, from 1923 onwards.

Non-theatres, A-Z (1844-)
A collection of two boxes of programmes from Paris concert-venues other than theatres, from 1844 onwards. The collection includes a number of nineteenth-century programmes. A wide variety of venues are represented in the collection. The collection contains a significant amount of programmes from the Salle Pleyel and the Académie Nationale de Musique et de Danse. The collection includes items from festivals and competitions, as well as concerts.

Aix-en-Provence and Prades (1950-)

One box of items from music festivals in Aix-en-Provenance and Prades, from 1950 onwards. The collection includes prospectuses, festival programmes, concert programmes and press cuttings. The collection includes material from a festival held in Prades, from 1950 to 1963. The festival has various names including Festival J.S. Bach and Festival de Prades. The festival was directed by Pablo Casals. The collection includes material from the Aix-en-Provence Festival de Musique, from 1957 onwards.

Other (1893-)

There are two boxes of programmes from other venues in France, from 1893 onwards. A wide variety of different towns and cities are represented in the collection, including a significant amount of material from Strasbourg and Nice.

Arrangement:
The collection is divided by town/city, (Paris is then divided by type of venue), then by venue name, then chronologically.

1844 -

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Not Specific

• Aix-en-Provence Festival de Musique -
• Casals, Pablo -
• Festival de Prades -
• Festival J.S. Bach (Prades) -
• Opéra Comique (Paris) -
• Opéra de Paris -
• Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux, Paris -

• Académie Nationale de Musique et de Danse, Paris
• Aix-en-Provence
• France
• Nice
• Paris
• Prades
• Salle Favart, Paris
• Salle Pleyel, Paris
• Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
• Théatre national de l’opéra, Paris
• Théatre National de l'Opéra Comique, Paris

• 19th century - early Victorian 1837-1850
• 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
• 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875
• 20th century - early 1900-1930
• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970

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The Portraits and Performance History Collection and its associated reading room is housed in a recently adapted space within the RCM's College Hall, its hall of residence for students. There is step-free access for visitors.

The Centre for Performance History (CPH) is a research centre and is also responsible for the stewardship of two well-established RCM research collections, the Museum of Instruments and the Portraits and Performance History Collection (PPHC). The latter houses a diverse collection relating to the history of performance including the RCM’s internationally famous collection of images, comprising 340 original portraits and sculptures and 25,000 prints and photographs, forming the most comprehensive archive of likenesses of musicians in the UK. The collection of 600,000 concert programmes from 1720 to the present day is of major importance for research into the history of music, society and culture.